The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has called for "absolute" independence of the office of the Attorney General (AG) from the Ministry of Justice to enable it to carry out its prosecutorial functions effectively.
Nana Ofori Owusu, Nat…
In a scathing ruling, five High Court judges in Kenya have blocked a government-backed plan to make fundamental changes to the country's constitution.
The judgement is arguably the most significant ruling by Kenyan courts since Presiden…
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics inquiry into a Republican for a "verbal assault" on another lawmaker.
In the halls of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly accused New York's Alexandria Oc…
Rescuers in Mozambique gave priority to white people in an evacuation during an attack by jihadists in March, Amnesty International alleges, citing survivors' accounts.
Two dogs were also airlifted to safety, leaving people behind in a …
Mr. Daniel Agbesi-Latsu, the Kadjebi District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to organised groups to help educate Ghanaians on the values, principles and objectives of the 1992 Constitution.
H…
Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister has urged workers at the District and Municipal Assemblies to shun away from party politics at the workplace because it had the potential to trigger violence and disturb national pe…
The Electoral Commission (EC) is conducting a post-election assessment with key stakeholders to further strengthen its processes, the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, has said.
“We are not resting on the successes of the recent el…
Kenya MP Moses Kuria has told the BBC he received a $1,000 (£700) bribe in parliament last year to back the appointment of the majority leader.
"It is not unusual for members to get this kind of an inducement," he said, adding he would …
South Africa’s information regulator says it is considering legal action over messaging service WhatsApp’s plan to share user data with parent company Facebook.
The regulator considers that the move violates the country's protection of …
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has received a letter from her Cuban counterpart, Mr Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, requesting Ghana's vote at the United Nations.
The letter requested…
Israel has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities.
Israel's military said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not enter…
It took 31-year-old Sneha Marathe half a day to book an appointment online for a Covid vaccine.
"It was a game of 'fastest finger first'," she says. "The slots filled up in three seconds." But the hospital cancelled her slot at the last…
President Joe Biden has hailed a "great day for America" as US officials said vaccinated people can go mask-less in most indoor and outdoor settings.
The president removed his mask in the Oval Office with Republican lawmakers as the gui…
The army in Nigeria has denied reports that Boko Haram terrorist group distributed Eid packages in Borno and Yobe states.
Reports alleged that the group had donated food and money to residents in attempts to woe them to support its acti…
A Scottish legislator who was born and raised in Zimbabwe has excited online users after taking her oath in local Shona language.
Maggi Chapman is quoted by Press and Journal newspaper as saying that she was "bringing a little bit of Af…
Zambia's parliament has been dissolved exactly 90 days before the upcoming general election.
The house held its last sitting on Wednesday and the clerk announced that it would formally dissolve on Friday.
The Zambian constitution req…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has received Open Letters of Mr Hadera Abera Admassu, the Ethiopian Ambassador-designate to Ghana.
The Minister congratulated Mr Admassu on his ap…
The Commanding Officer, the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sarpong Appiah, has assured Ghanaians that the military will not relent in its efforts to protect the 1992 Constitution.
He said the military was conscio…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Sunday, May 16, 2021 leave Ghana for a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa.
The visits are part of the efforts the President is making to re-engage with the …
The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has proposed wide-ranging constitutional and public governance reforms to help address fundamental issues impeding the development of the nation.
While throwing support behind the ongoing social medi…
Paris has said it will delay a European Union financial services deal with Britain until Prime Minister Boris Johnson grants European fishermen fair access to UK waters, a source familiar with the French move said on Wednesday.
"We've m…
Nigeria's new anti-corruption chief on Tuesday announced that $153m (£108m) had been recovered from the country's former oil minister Diezani Alison Madueke who fled to the UK in 2015, the Vanguard news site reports.
Abdulrasheed Bawa s…
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Freddie Blay has explained that Mr Paul Afoko, a former national chairman of the party on was still on an indefinite suspension.
According to him, Mr Afoko has not appealed the decisi…
More than 4,000 people, including leaders from across the continent, have attended President Yoweri Museveni's swearing in ceremony in Uganda's capital, Kampala.
Mr Museveni won a highly contested election in January, which main challen…
A new law that tightens patriotic loyalty tests for Hong Kong politicians will take effect later this month after being passed by the city's legislature on Wednesday, local media reported.
The law is widely expected to further stifle de…
The Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, an independent review panel has said.
The panel, set up by the World Health Organization, said the combined response of the WHO and global governments was a "toxic cocktail".
The WHO should have…
The Leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr Henry Herbert Lartey, has called on the government to identify and prosecute sponsors of illegal mining in the country.
According to him, while the youth were engaged in ille…
Discussants at a post-election stakeholders’ review workshop of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, have called on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to develop a Legislative Instrument (LI) to guide the implementa…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development has expressed worry about the continuous award of contracts by the government for the implementation of capital projects at the local level.
The Committee said…
The island nation of Madagascar has launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme after receiving Astra Zeneca vaccines last week.
The country recently registered for the global vaccination initiative Covax.
Health Minister Jean Louis …
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has taken the oath to officially begin a sixth term in office.
A local newspaper has been sharing updates:
He won re-election in a disputed poll in January.
Security had been increased in the cap…
US Republicans are to vote on whether to oust one of their leaders, Liz Cheney, over her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump.
The Wyoming lawmaker, daughter of ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is expected to lose her th…
The deadly exchange of fire between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military has escalated significantly, with the UN fearing a "full-scale war".
More than 1,000 rockets have now been fired by Palestinian militan…
The Krachi West and Jasikan District Assemblies in the Oti Region have been upgraded to the status of Municipalities.
Mr Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu, the Oti Regional Minister, announced this when the Parliamentary Select Committee of Local…
A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana, Dr Alidu Seidu, has said the adoption of a ‘one man, one vote’ system by political parties to elect their flag bearers will help deepen internal party d…
Stakeholders at a high-level post-elections review workshop to assess the conduct of Ghana’s 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections have reiterated the need for the Electoral Commission (EC) to set up an enforcement unit to enforce …
Experts believe the spread of new coronavirus variants in Africa has contributed to an increase in both cases and deaths reported across the continent.
There's also concern that these variants can't easily be tracked because the testing…
Three journalists and two activists who fled from Myanmar are set to go on trial in Thailand on charges of illegally entering the country.
If found guilty they are likely to be deported back to Myanmar, where they say their lives would …
A 20m-long (65ft) underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say.
The tunnel, at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth, was reportedly within five metres of t…
A new bridge over the Zambezi River linking Botswana and Zambia has been officially opened and should boost trade in the region.
At a cost of more than $250m (£177m), the Kazungula road and rail bridge was paid for by the African Develo…
The Nigerian presidency has confirmed an attempted break-in by burglars into the official residence of the president’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari.
President Muhammadu Buhari's chief of staff’s residence is located next to the heavi…
A former head of security for late Ugandan President Milton Obote, who was presumed dead, he has returned to home to Uganda after 50 years.
Vincent Obodo, 81, who had once headed the VIP protection unit at the president's office, was re…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has paved the way for the appointment of new MPs by reconstituting parliament after dissolving it on Saturday.
The names of the appointed MPs were announced on the national broadcaster, South Sudan Bro…
A Catholic Priest, Very Reverend Father Professor Peter Nkrumah Amponsah, the Dean of Graduate Studies, Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG) has condemned the '#Fixthecountry' campaign, and called for bottom-up attitudinal change to…
The NDC Professional Forum has call on Government to work hard to develop the country by fixing the enormous challenges confronting the country.
A statement issued by Dr S. Koma Jehu-Appiah of the Forum, copied to the Ghana News Agency,…
Kenya has banned all flights from neighbouring Somalia just a week after the two countries announced they had restored ties following months of diplomatic row.
A notice issued from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said only medical em…
The Nigerian government has reintroduced stricter lockdown conditions amid concerns about the fragility of the country's health system and disruption of vaccine deliveries.
Face masks are now mandatory in all government buildings, bars …
The G7 group of wealthy countries has pledged £276 million ($389 million) to assist millions of people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria.
It’s expected to support efforts by the UN and other aid agencies in …
Seven children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, officials say.
Twenty-one other people, mostly children, were injured. A 19-year-old suspect was detained.
The attack happened in …
At a mosque in Lahore last week, hundreds of worshippers crowded together during Friday prayers. The vast majority wore masks, but they prayed shoulder to shoulder.
"You're right, there should've been gaps between us," said one man a li…